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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2025

	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	71	235	208	231.0%	-11.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction			17	0.0%	0.0%
31	Manufacturing	11	176	65	1,500.0%	-63.1%
42	Wholesale Trade		10	77	0.0%	670.0%
44	Retail Trade				0.0%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing				0.0%	0.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services				0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services				0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	11			0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services				0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations			0.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations			0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations			0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations			0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations			0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations		10	0.0%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations			0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations		10	0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	13	13	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	15	18	0.0%	20.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	11	10	0.0%	-9.1%
510000	Production Occupations	108	87	0.0%	-19.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations			0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	50	34	0.0%	-32.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years		29	15	0.0%	-48.3%
	12 years	29	119	95	310.3%	-20.2%
	13-15 years	31	79	86	154.8%	8.9%
	Over 15 years			12	0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	38	184	161	384.2%	-12.5%
	Female	33	51	47	54.5%	-7.8%
Age
	Under age 22				0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	18	39	34	116.7%	-12.8%
	Age 30 to 39		69	39	0.0%	-43.5%
	Age 40 to 49	15	51	47	240.0%	-7.8%
	Age 50 to 59	14	45	55	221.4%	22.2%
	Age 60 to 64		16	17	0.0%	6.3%
	Age 65 and over			13	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	61	176	167	188.5%	-5.1%
	Black or African American,		15		0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown		32	34	0.0%	6.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	56	175	166	212.5%	-5.1%
	Hispanic or Latino		38	19	0.0%	-50.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown		22	23	0.0%	4.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	216	113	33.3%	-47.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	169	213	164	26.0%	-23.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	782	911	853	16.5%	-6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	285	474	382	66.3%	-19.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	396	421	373	6.3%	-11.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	242	337	261	39.3%	-22.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	71	235	208	231.0%	-11.5%
	Big Stone County	10			0.0%	0.0%
	Chippewa County	22	43	32	95.5%	-25.6%
	Lac qui Parle County		10	11	0.0%	10.0%
	Swift County	16	158	138	887.5%	-12.7%
	Yellow Medicine County	17	15	24	-11.8%	60.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	513	566	522	10.3%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	974	1,235	1,027	26.8%	-16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	287	410	383	42.9%	-6.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	526	556	520	5.7%	-6.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	960	976	948	1.7%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,828	7,733	8,154	13.3%	5.4%

All Initials Total new and reactivated applications for unemployment benefits.

Regular Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month.

Regular and PUA Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month for benefits under the regular and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) UI programs.

Extended Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month under current extension programs.

Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

September 2025

EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley